Rapacious
[rə'peɪʃəs] or [rə'peʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) excessively greedy and grasping; 'a rapacious divorcee on the prowl'; 'ravening creditors'; 'paying taxes to voracious governments' .
手打:奥斯伯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
(a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
(a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
手打:玛吉
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Raptorial, preying.[2]. Ravenous, greedy, voracious, insatiable, insatiate.
錄入:默多克
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Greedy, ravenous, voracious, predaceous, avaricious, grasping, extortionate
ANT:Bountiful, liberal, contented, frugal
阿加莎手打
解釋/意思:
adj. seizing by violence: given to plunder: ravenous: greedy of gain.—n. Rapā′ces the beasts and birds of prey.—adv. Rapā′ciously.—ns. Rapā′ciousness Rapac′ity the quality of being rapacious: ravenousness: extortion.
編輯:耶鲁
例句/造句/用法:
- But, eyes no less rapacious had watched the growth of the Mounds in years bygone, and had vigilantly sifted the dust of which they were composed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr Venus's mouth screwed itself up, as Mr Boffin's face lengthened itself, Mr Venus not having been prepared for such a rapacious demand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The allies, after the fashion of Peace Congresses, frittered away precious time in more and more rapacious disputes; the Bourbons returned to France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Over the whole slow process of levelling the Mounds, Silas had kept watch with rapacious eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
編輯:耶鲁